The new technology is only starting to change the ways people organize, and it will take fastest in places where there aren't hardened ways of behavior–same reason that kids have been at the forefront of so much recent technology adoption.
Unbeknown to Wallander, his bleak views of humanity are shared by a high-minded computer genius who has electronically acquired "the power to do away with the hardened, corrupt ways of this society and create a new order".
Even the most hardened opinions give way to the exhilaration of tape-measure home runs or monster dunks, especially when delivered in a home uniform.
So while Oracle APEX was first envisioned as a tool for productivity and ease of use, "it's in a database that lives in the context of huge enterprise applications, so it's hardened," in a way that resonates with application developers, he says.
Their awkward intimacy, of a sort often seen in home movies, reflects the hardened, city-worn ways that later emerge in the grim, masklike personae of film noir — of which both directors became masters.
Their awkward intimacy, of a sort often seen in home movies, reflects the hardened, city-worn ways that later emerge in the grim, masklike personae of film noir of which both directors became masters.
There, too, age may play a role: "I became hardened in the way that doctors have to become hardened," Marsh writes, but "now that I am reaching the end of my career this detachment has started to fade".
The leftist naivety of my earlier years will ultimately give way to hardened, real-world rightwingery, so the story goes.
What mattered was that he not only looked the part -- rugged and weathered -- but he identified with a huge audience of hardened criminals in a way that implied he was on their side -- not that of the law.
"As the U.K. now had the upper hand, it should strike a deal now," rather than act in a way that further hardened Argentine feelings.
